Thomas Stipsits & Band

FrischLuft Openair 2026. Austropop is alive!

In June 2025, the first step was to warm up. Thomas Stipsits summoned his "team" to the Orpheum in Vienna to give a few "warm-up concerts" for the Seiler & Speer spectacle on July 19 in the Happel Stadium. But it was already clear at the Orpheum that this was not a cover band at work, but highly motivated musicians who were going to breathe new life into a musical genre - Austropop.

This was to be impressively demonstrated at the stadium concert. Numerous bands were engaged to warm up the fans of Seiler & Speer for their main act.

The Schick Sisters with the Opus Band, Wolfgang Ambros and the No. 1 from the Vienna Woods, as well as the legendary comedian Otto Waalkes and his Friesen boys were engaged. This great supporting program already ran in the afternoon in front of around 40,000 visitors. Thomas Stipsits' band took to the stage at 4:30 pm:

Christina Zauner, keyboardist and "boss" of the band
Thomas Hechenberger (e-guitar/backing vocals)
Raphaela Fries (drums)
Michael Mozeth (bass/backing vocals)
Chris Harras (acoustic guitar/backing vocals).

As the first bars of "Ollas Leiwaund" were played, audience favorite Thomas Stipsits joined his band on stage to thunderous applause from the fans. This was followed by a short high mass of Austropop, full of enthusiasm and energy. Strictly speaking, it was the teaser for the high mass that the band will celebrate in the future and that the audience finally unanimously confessed: Austropop is alive!

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